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RFC-wide Multisensor Precipitation Estimator (MPE) Training Course Outline COMET Training Facility Boulder, Colorado June 19-20, 2001
Instructors: Jay Breidenbach, Lead Instructor, NWS/OHD Hydrology Laboratory Matthew Kelsch, COMET/UCAR Paul Tilles, NWS/OHD Hydrology Laboratory John Kuhn, NWS/OCWWS Hydrologic Services Division *Note:* On-line lectures below are a mixture of Corel WordPerfect, Presentations, and MS Powerpoint files that can be downloaded to your computer and extracted by double-clicking on the *.exe filename.
Tuesday June 19th
8:00-8:30	Introduction
8:30-9:30	Basics of Radar Rainfall Estimation Precipitation Processing System (PPS) Problems and Solutions Climatology-based vs. Terrain-based Hybrid Scan VPR Range Correction Raingage Bias Correction Truncation Problem
9:45-10:30	Radar Climatology and Effective Radar Coverage
10:30 - Noon	Radar Climatology Laboratory Exercise #1
12:00-1:00	Lunch
1:00 - 2:00	History of Stage II and III Precipitation Processing System
2:15 - 4:30	Capabilities of RFC-wide MPE Improved Mosaicking Graphical User Interface Description of Available Rainfall Fields Improved Radar-gage Mean-field Bias Adjustment Improved Multisensor Rainfall Estimation New Local Bias Adjustment Incorporating Satellite Rainfall Estimates MPE GUI Laboratory Exercise #2 Raingauge Characteristics and Quality MPE Editing/Saving Laboratory Exercise #3 Climatology of Precipitation: Use of PRISM Local Bias and PRISM Laboratory Exercise #4
4:30	Reception
Wednesday June 20th
8:00-9:30	RFC-wide MPE System Administration Database Tables Directory Structure Crontabs Scripts Decode_DPA SII Preprocessor (SIIPP) Log Files
9:45-10:00	Saving Case Studies
10:00-10:45	Saving Case Study Laboratory Exercise #5
11:00-12:00	Operational Perspectives from Beta Test Sites West Gulf RFC Mid Atlantic RFC
Noon-1:00	Lunch
1:00-2:00	Optimizing Adaptable Parameters Optimizing Adaptable Parameters Laboratory Exercise #6
2:00-2:30	Post Analysis Post Analysis Laboratory Exercise #7
2:30-3:00	MAPX Preprocessor and Use by Hydrologic Models
3:15 - 4:00	XMRG Climatologies and Long-term Accumulations
4:00- 5:00	Operational Field Support, Requesting Enhancements Future Enhancements Course Evaluation MPE Documentation Radar Climatology Analysis and Display (RADCLIM) User's Guide and System Documentation Published Papers on PPS and MPE

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